Added: Sep 8, 2008
From: Shooter16a2
Duration: 1:5
This is a rare old movie clip of the founder of Shotokan, Funakoshi Gichen, performing Meikyo kata. Meikyo is the Japanese name given to an Okinawan form said to be Rohai. This performance was filmed in 1924.
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Tags: funakoshi karate kata meikyo shotokan
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empowered2win Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - I don't think this is the real Funakoshi, Gichin because : he died in 1957 or thereabouts and 1924 he would have been quite fit, he was never appearing in photos as a larger man, this body type is more like Kase Sensei. or some other endomorph student from that timeframe.
NewEnglandBudo Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - No way this is Gichin, I believe that he did not modify his stances to a lower kibad dachi till after the 1930's. This clip is someone of the Shotokan era, post 1935. Too bad any badly scarred video of someone doing a later dated Shotokan kata is labeled as being him.
shinsupersaiyan Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - I think that's O-Sensei. He's small compared to his peers who spread Karate in Japan.
cumanagoto Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - This video has been authenticated by Sensei Hideteka Nishiyama. I bought this tape at one of Sensei Nishiyama's clinics several years ago.
Funkensteinlives Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - I don't believe this is funakoshi...the stances and actual movements of the kata would have been unchanged in 1924. That is definately post 1935 karate. After it had been Japanized.
Thiago150show Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - fake
macktheknife888 Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - Karate is a waste of time to learn, because when you see them fight, all you see is kicking and punching. All the fancy moves they do in the kata is not used. You might as well learn boxing for your arms, and ballet for your legs, because that's all we see when we see karate students, and their teachers fight in competition. Bottom line, if you what to fight like a karate master, then go to ballet classes and buy a punch bag, that way you will not waste your time on useless kata. AMEN.......
malakiantube Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - is that Funakoshi??
Simson616 Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - I bet you're just pissed because your trainer kicked you out cause you weren't willing to train hard and to learn understanding the meaning of the techniques and the bunkai of the katas. -.-"
gyakuzuki73 Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - I'm not so sure this is Gichin Funakoshi too.oss
tetelistai Says:
Sep 8, 2008 - is this real funakoshi???